by admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Seattle Storm star Breanna Stewart hopped off the dais before her postgame news conference began to toggle awake the computer used for the media’s videoconference calls. The computer might have been asleep, but Stewart was wide awake just five days after winning...
by admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As Olympic medalists lined up for their medals ceremony Sunday night in Tokyo, among them was the inimitable Raven Saunders, who won silver in shot put. Standing on the podium with her medal around her neck and fans from around the world tuning in, Saunders raised her...
by admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Fresh off her third-straight Olympic run with Team USA to result in a gold medal, Washington Mystics star center and Queens native Tina Charles attended the first game of the New York Mets’ doubleheader Thursday and threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Sitting in the...
by admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles commented on a video of a fellow gymnast falling headfirst on the mat to demonstrate how bad her disorienting case of the twisties got at the Tokyo Olympics. “This happened more times than I would’ve wanted in practice at the games,” Biles tweeted...
by admin | Aug 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics approached, fans around the world struggled to balance their excitement with a general uneasiness surrounding the Games. These included high-profile firings, volunteers quitting, abnormally high temperatures, low vaccination rates as well as...
by admin | Aug 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Simone Biles withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics in July citing mental health as her reason, many people were shocked. But they really shouldn’t have been — Biles was dealing with the overwhelming pressure of both Olympic competition and the public eye as a sexual...
by admin | Aug 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Skateboarding was included in the Olympic Games for the first time at Tokyo 2020. Teenagers dominated the podiums in both the women’s street and park events. The BBC’s Mariko Oi sat down with Japan’s youngest gold medallist – Momiji Nishiya...
by admin | Aug 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA’s key number this season is 25, as the league celebrates its silver anniversary season. The WNBA launched in June 1997 with eight teams, expanded to as many as 16 at one point, and currently has 12. As the league prepares to resume the 2021 season,...
by admin | Aug 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Women’s sports associations across Europe have called for the resignation of the presidents of both the international and European handball federations, accusing them of “blatant sexism” for rules that require female players to wear bikini bottoms. The Norwegian...
by admin | Aug 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Alice Dearing, the UK’s first Black Olympic swimmer, wants organizers for the next Games to approve swim caps that better accommodate Black hair. Dearing is one of four Black people who set up the Black Swim Association in the UK, which aims to make swimming more...
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